Another Vietnam

April 26, 1987|By Dorothy Mitchell.

PARK RIDGE — We have a National Guard in each state, but surely it is not the purpose of the guard to get the U.S. into a war in Central America. That`s why I strongly support House Bill 0838, introduced in the state legislature by Rep. Ellis Levin, to suspend deployment of the guard on phony ``training`` missions to Central America until voters have a chance to take part in a referendum on the subject in the 1988 primary election.

I served as a sergeant in the U.S. Marine Corps Women`s Reserve in World War II and strongly believe in defending our country. But the present misuse of the National Guard is not defending the country. Rather, it threatens America with another Vietnam.